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Lebanon withdraws for financial reasons

On 21st October 2004 Mr Ibrahim El Khoury, President Director General of Télé Liban, exclusively informed esctoday.com about the participation

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Slovenia: 103 songs submitted for EMA 2005

On 10th of December, musicians had a last chance to submit their songs for the Slovenian national selections EMA 2005.

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Estonia: a finalist disqualified

The Estonian broadcaster ETV has disqualified one of the chosen finalists, Set me as a seal, for their preselection Eurolaul

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Tose Proeski, Anjeza and Ruslana guests in Albania

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday Albania will be selecting its participant for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. Albanian broadcaster RTSH

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Alcazar to participate in British final?

The Swedish Melodifestivalen has inspired people at the BBC. According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, the British broadcaster is negotiating

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Possible shortlist Kdam-Eurovision released

The Israeli broadcaster IBA released a shortlist of participants in the upcoming Kdam-Eurovision today, confirming an internal dispute within the

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De Randfichten to compete in Stefan Raab's small Eurovision

Folkloristic Schlager band De Randfichten (Dr Holzmichl) is one of the 16 participants of Stefan Raab's Bundesvision Song Contest, a

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Kiev 2005: Official statement Reference Group

The Reference Group of the Eurovision Song Contest released an official statement concerning the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. As we

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Andorra: order of appearance drawn today

Today the order of appearance for the Andorran national final, to be held next Saturday, has been decided by draw.

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Poland will be present in Kiev

Polish national broadcaster Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP) has finally made a decision about its participation in the 2005 Eurovision Song

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Lithuania selects on 26th February

Lithuanian broadcaster LRT has received 60 entries for the Lithuanian Eurovision Song Contest selections. For the first time, no juries

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Malta: 50 songs left in the running

Our correspondents in Malta have forwarded us the list with 50 songs proceding to the second round of the Malta

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Yurcash wins fifth Ukrainian semifinal

Yurcash has won the fifth Ukrainian semifinal and proceeds to the final in which the Ukrainian entry for the upcoming

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Three Melodifestivalen DVDs to be released

Swedish broadcaster SVT will be releasing three Melodifestivalen DVDs: two for the occasion of 50 years Melodifestivalen and one for